Chapter 003: Plum Banquet in the Middle and Bottom
Without waiting for General Mu to reply, Mu Anyang stood up and saluted the emperor: "Your Majesty, the courtiers are here." ”
The emperor also knew that General Mu had always doted on Mu Anyang, so although she was a little rude at the moment, he did not pursue it, but praised her.
This time, the emperor intends to marry Mu Anyang, as for the candidate, it depends on who she likes.
And General Mu saw that his granddaughter was appreciated by the emperor, and the old man also showed a relieved smile on his face.
Halfway through the banquet, the dancers on the stage have also retreated, and the rest of the time is the talent show of the ladies.
Although it is said to be a plum appreciation banquet, it is better to say that it is a blind date banquet for the sons and ladies of each family, and a lot of karma will be achieved at the banquet every year.
So in this talent show, everyone showed their own skills, some played the piano, some chanted poetry, some danced the sword, and some danced.
Among them, Mu Anyang danced for a while, Mu Anyang was originally outstanding, and his body was soft, and his dancing was naturally not bad, which attracted praise from the audience.
After the dance, even the emperor praised her dancing as comparable to Zhao Feiyan, and even said that she was happy for a while.
But she didn't know what she wanted for a while, so she said that she would write down this wish and ask the emperor for it when she thought about it.
At this time, a man dressed in white and wearing a silver mask was slowly walking towards the banquet hall, he was Leng Junyi, the national teacher of the Eastern Country.
provoked the women at the banquet to look at him one after another, their eyes blinking at him, but he walked up to the emperor without squinting and saluted the emperor and the queen, and then returned to the position that had been prepared for him and sat down.
Leng Junyi also came to the palace three years ago, he was wearing a silver mask on his face from beginning to end, no one has ever seen his real appearance, and even his name is unknown except for the emperor, and he is called a national teacher on weekdays.
Since he came, his status has been above 10,000 people under one person, and many state emperors will ask for his opinion.
Just because of his mysterious appearance and noble status, many women in the capital who have not left the cabinet are particularly favored by him.
In the past year, all the princes and ministers have intended to marry his children who have not left the cabinet, and even the emperor has tried to marry him many times, but he has refused.
He has never been close to women, not even a maid in the house.
Despite this, there are still many women who want to get close to him, such as Mu Anyang.
Since Leng Junyi's arrival, Mu Anyang's eyes have been fixed on him, and he has never left for half a minute.
She thought in her heart that today she was bound to ask the emperor to decree that the two of her would be married, and didn't the emperor just say that he would fulfill one of her wishes, and now she thought of it.
"Your Majesty, you just said that you wanted to fulfill a wish of the little girl, and at this moment the little girl thought of it, and asked the emperor to fulfill it." Although Mu Anyang lowered his head when he said this, his eyes still stayed on Leng Junyi.
"Anyang, don't be rude in front of the emperor." General Mu was afraid that his granddaughter would collide with the emperor, but he didn't expect what he said just now, but he said that he thought of it in less than a quarter of an hour, and he was afraid that the emperor would mistakenly think that he was playing tricks on him.
On the contrary, the emperor smiled and said: "Don't get in the way, let her say, what do you want?" ”
"The little girl wants to ask the emperor for marriage."
Although Mu Anyang's voice was not loud, everyone at the banquet heard it clearly at this moment, and they couldn't help snickering.
When General Mu heard everyone's ridicule, his old face was a little unbearable: "Nonsense, how can you make your own decisions about this matter." ”
In fact, General Mu has already found a suitable partner for Mu Anyang, that is, Liang Chengke, the son of Liang Dudu, the commander of the Nine Gates.
This Liang Chengke is twenty years old and has served as the lord of the city gate, and there are many opportunities for promotion in the future.
And this Liang Gongzi has a straightforward temperament, and is resourceful, and the two are world friends, and they are the right people, although both have this meaning, but they have not really exchanged more closely.
How could Mu Anyang propose to marry himself in front of the emperor, this is simply nonsense, so this is the first time General Mu reprimanded Mu Anyang: "Nonsense, don't hurry up and retreat." ”
Mu Anyang has been spoiled since he was a child, and he was afraid of being reprimanded, not only did he not retreat, but said: "Grandfather, granddaughter is not messing around, granddaughter already has someone she likes." ”
These words made General Mu a little embarrassed.
However, the emperor didn't care: "General Mu, let Anyang say it, and see which son got into her eyes." ”
The emperor had intended to marry her, but now that she proposed it herself, the emperor was of course happy to see it happen.
However, at this time, the three princes at the banquet were in a hurry, and now the emperor has not selected the prince for a long time, and the three princes are all eyeing the position of the prince.
The second prince, Gu Yanghan, was born to a noble concubine, and now he has married several concubines and a side concubine, and the position of the main concubine has been vacant.
The fifth prince Gu Nanchen is the queen's concubine, although he has married the main concubine, but the side concubine has not, besides, he is the son-in-law, and it is very likely that the emperor will pass on to him in the future, so even if it is the position of the side concubine, after he ascends the throne, it will only be under the queen.
And the eighth prince Gu Mengran was born to Concubine Xian, and he was the youngest, so now there are only a few people in the backyard.
These three princes once proposed to General Mu to marry Mu Anyang, but General Mu did not want to participate in the war for the crown prince, so they all refused.
These three are the princes who are most likely to compete for the crown prince, and the others are either not yet adults, or they like to have fun, and their minds are never in politics, they just want to be a free prince.
So when the emperor asked Mu Anyang, the three princes all hoped that she would choose herself, even if she didn't choose herself, she couldn't choose the other two princes.
Unexpectedly, Mu Anyang replied shyly at this time: "The little girl wants the emperor to marry me and the national teacher." ”
After finishing speaking, everyone was silent, they didn't expect that she would want the emperor to marry the national teacher, and even the emperor didn't expect it.
But it was the national teacher who continued to drink his wine as if he hadn't heard it.
General Mu was so frightened that he scolded her again: "Anyang, Hugh is talking nonsense, hurry up and make amends to the emperor." ”
But Mu Anyang wants to marry the national teacher as his wife, how can he be willing to lose this opportunity, and the emperor has said that he will fulfill his wishes, so she firmly believes that this time the emperor is in charge, and she will definitely marry the national teacher as his wife.
At this time, the emperor was also very embarrassed, he planned to give her a marriage, but that person was by no means a national teacher, if he could be the master of the national teacher, he would have given it a long time ago, where would it be her turn. I didn't know how many princes and ministers wanted to ask for marriage to the national teacher for their children, and even several of his own princesses begged him.
But because of what he said, Chrysostom said that if he regrets it now, he will lose the face of the emperor.
So the emperor blamed Mu Anyang a little in his heart, and General Mu was so frightened that he hurriedly stepped forward to make amends in person, "Your Majesty, Anyang is talking nonsense for a while, and please don't take it to heart to the emperor, where is her turn to call the shots in this marriage, besides, the lower officials have already found a good family for her, but they haven't had time to tell her, and ask the emperor to forgive Anyang for the crime of disrespect." ”
"Oh, I see, I don't know which one I promised?" At this time, where does the emperor care about Mu Anyang's crimes, since General Mu said that she has promised others, then he will not break his promise if he does not marry her and the national teacher.
"It's the Liang family, Liang Chengke."
"Oh, it turned out to be a kid from the Liang family, Liang Aiqing has such a thing?" The emperor asked.
Liang Dudu and Liang Chengke got up and hugged their fists at this time and said: "Back to the emperor, there is such a thing." ”
"The two of them are also talented and beautiful, since they have promised the Liang family, then this marriage cannot be given, you can step down."